Songoftheday 1/23/13 - Hey little sister what have you done? Hey little sister who's the only one?...
from the album Billy Idol (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #36 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 3
Today's Song of the Day is by proto-pop-punker Billy Idol, who racked up his first US top-40 hit in the fall of 1982 with "Hot In The City". The growling rock of "White Wedding" was released as a following at the end of the year, but stalled below the Hot 100. However, after lingering interest and MTV airplay of the video, the song returned to the charts, and climbed in to the US top-40, and became Billy's "signature song"...
"White Wedding" also reached the top-10 on the American rock radio and dance club charts, and a couple years later, finally reached #6 on the UK singles chart. The single also made the top-10 in Australia and New Zealand.
(Click below to see the rest of the chart)
In 2003, American horror-metal group Murderdolls reached #24 on the British chart with their take on the song...
Queens of the Stone Age also covered the song in 2008 as a B-side...
Here's Billy live from his tour in 2009..
Lastly, here's a "literal translation" of the video...for laughs..
Up tomorrow: a Canadian gets butchered.
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